Name: Hafiz M. Sohail
Gender: Male
Country of Origin: Pakistan
Title / Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email address: sohailscnu@yahoo.com/Sohail@shou.edu.cn
Mobile:13048013139
Address: Room 433B, fourth Floor, Collegeof Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, Lingnan new citycampus: No 999, Hucheng ring road, Pudong new area, Shanghai
Personal profile:
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in AppliedEconomics at Shanghai Ocean University, China. I completed my Ph.D. in AppliedEconomics and postdoctoral research in Energy and Environmental Economics atSouth China Normal University, China, which is ranked #501–550 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
I have academic and teaching experience inChina, Malaysia, and Pakistan. I also worked at Bank Alfalah, Pakistan. Iserved as a Lecturer at AIML Institute, Pakistan, where I taught commercesubjects, including Economics.
I also worked as a Postdoctoral andResearch Fellow in Green Finance and Green Development at Universiti SultanZainal Abidin (UNiSZA), Malaysia. My research focuses on energy, environment,finance, and sustainable development using econometric and statistical methods.
I have published more than 25 researchpapers in reputable international journals indexed by SSCI and SCI. Moreover, Iserve as an Academic Editor at PLOS ONE and a reviewer for many SSCI, SCI, andESCI journals. My research has received more than 1100 citations, with anh-index of 14 and an i10-index of 17.
Current Areas of Research:
Energy and Environmental Economics, GreenFinance, Digital Finance, Sustainable Development, Fisheries Economics
Main Research Grants and Projects:
1. UNiSZA/2023/PSD(014); Project Number:RQ029, Malaysia (Ongoing)
Referee/Reviewer:
Energy Strategy Reviews, InternationalJournal of Energy Research, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Review ofDevelopment Economics, Economics Letters, Amfiteatru Economic, SAGE Open,Cogent Economics & Finance, Cogent Business & Management, Cogent Food& Agriculture, Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy,Transnational Corporations Review, Humanities and Social SciencesCommunications, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation andDevelopment, Sustainability, Energies, Sustainable Development
Teaching:
Advisor for Undergraduate Class, SouthChina Normal University, China
Lecturer, AIML Institute, Pakistan
Conference and Workshop Engagements:
1. Alumni Academic Forum of the BusinessManagement Discipline, South China Normal University, China (December 12, 2024)
2. High-impact Publications, UniversitiSultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia (September 18–19, 2024)
o Speaker: Systematic Literature Reviewsand Meta-Analyses
3. Proofreading Strategies for AcademicWriting, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia (August 7, 2024)
4. Employment in High-quality Development,Regional Economy Research Center, China (December 9, 2024)
5. Transforming Learning: Integrating theOctalysis Framework in Teaching, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia(October 14, 2024)
Publications:
1. Mohd. Abass Bhat, Chandan Kumar Tiwari,Sohail, Hafiz M., Pranav Raj (2026). Exploring the role of technologicalinnovation and renewable energy in environmental sustainability across Asianeconomies. Scientific Reports. (SCI/Q1, Accepted)
2. Sohail, Hafiz M., Ullah, Muhammad, Tang,Cheng, and Moudud-Ul-Huq, Syed (2025). Role of ICT in achieving Pakistan'ssustainable development goals. Fudan Journal of the Humanities and SocialSciences. (ESCI/Q1)
3. Sohail, Hafiz M., Huang, Zhen, Ullah,Muhammad, Nazir, H. M. R., Haron, Nor F., and Mariev, Oleg (2025). Drivingsustainable economic growth through the energy indicators: Insights from theARDL and machine learning approaches. Energy Strategy Reviews. (SCI/Q1)
4. Sohail, Hafiz M., Ullah, Muhammad,Nazir, Muhammad S., and Tang, Cheng (2025). Unveiling the financial pathway tohuman development: insights from non-linear ARDL and Granger causalityanalysis. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. (SSCI/Q1)
5. Sohail, Hafiz M., Haddad, Hisham, Ullah,Muhammad, Al-Ramahi, N. M., Haron, Nor F., and Alkhazaleh, A. M. K. (2024).Optimizing sustainable high-quality economic development through green financewith robust spatial estimation. Cogent Economics & Finance. (ESCI/Q2)
6. Nazir, Muhammad S., Ullah, H., Larik, N.A., Chu, Z., Tian, P., Sohail, Hafiz M., and Raute, R. (2024). IntegratingFACTS technologies into renewable energy systems: potential and challenges.International Journal of Ambient Energy. (SCI/Q3)
7. Moudud-Ul-Huq, Syed, Mateev, Miroslav,Abbas, Farasat, Hossain, Md., and Sohail, Hafiz M. (2024). How does bankdiversification affect efficiency? Global Business Review. (ESCI/Q3)
8. Ullah, Muhammad, Umair, Muhammad, Sohag,Kazi, Mariev, Oleg, Khan, Muhammad A., and Sohail, Hafiz M. (2024). Theconnection between disaggregate energy use and export sophistication. Energy.(SCI/Q1)
9. Sohail, Hafiz M., Ullah, Muhammad,Nazir, Muhammad S., and Tang, Cheng (2024). Harmonizing sustainable horizons:financial inclusion and clean energy transition in BRICS economies. EnergyStrategy Reviews. (SCI/Q1)
10. Sohail, Hafiz M., Ullah, Muhammad,Sohag, Kazi, and Rehman, Fazal U. (2023). Response of Pakistan’s economic growth to macroeconomic variables: an asymmetricanalysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. (SCI/Q2)
11. Ullah, Muhammad, Sohag, Kazi, Khan, S.,and Sohail, Hafiz M. (2023). Impact of Russia–Ukraineconflict on Russian financial market: evidence from TVP-VAR and quantile-VARanalysis. Russian Journal of Economics. (Scopus/Q2)
12. Ullah, Muhammad, Sohail, Hafiz M.,Khan, Muhammad A., Zada, H., Kovacova, M., and Oláh, J. (2023). Nexus betweeneconomic growth and CO₂ emission withinthe preview of institutional quality. Amfiteatru Economic. (SSCI/Q2)
13. Sohail, Hafiz M. and Li, Zhen (2023).Nexus among foreign direct investment, domestic investment, financialdevelopment and economic growth. International Journal of Economics andBusiness Research. (Scopus/Q2)
14. Ullah, Muhammad, Sohail, Hafiz M.,Haddad, Hisham, Al-Ramahi, N. M., and Khan, Muhammad A. (2022). Globalstructural shocks and FDI dynamic impact on productive capacities.Sustainability. (SCI/SSCI/Q2)
15. Yao, L., Ayub, A., Ishaq, M., Arif, S.,Fatima, T., and Sohail, Hafiz M. (2022). Workplace ostracism and employeesilence in service organizations. International Journal of Manpower. (SSCI/Q1)
16. Li, Zhen, Feng, L., Pan, Z., andSohail, Hafiz M. (2022). ESG performance and stock prices: evidence from theCOVID-19 outbreak in China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.(SSCI/Q1)
17. Moudud-Ul-Huq, Syed, Ahmed, K.,Chowdhury, M. A. F., Sohail, Hafiz M., Biswas, T., and Abbas, F. (2022). How dobanks’ capital regulation and risk-taking respond toCOVID-19? International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance andManagement. (SSCI/Q2)
18. Sohail, Hafiz M., Li, Zhen, Murshed,M., Alvarado, R., and Mahmood, H. (2022). An analysis of the asymmetric effectsof natural gas consumption on economic growth in Pakistan. EnvironmentalScience and Pollution Research. (SCI/Q2)
19. Sohail, Hafiz M., Zatullah, M., and Li,Zhen (2021). Effect of foreign direct investment on bilateral trade. SAGE Open.(SSCI/Q1)
20. Nazir, Muhammad S., Abdalla, A. N.,Sohail, Hafiz M., Rashed, G. I., and Tang, Y. (2021). Optimal planning andinvestment of multi-renewable power generation systems. Journal of ElectricalSystems. (SCI/Q4)
21. Nazir, Muhammad S., Ali, Z. M., Bilal,M., Sohail, Hafiz M., and Iqbal, H. M. (2020). Environmental impacts and riskfactors of renewable energy paradigm. Environmental Science and PollutionResearch. (SCI/Q2)
22. Nazir, Muhammad S., Bilal, M., Sohail,Hafiz M., Liu, B., Chen, W., and Iqbal, H. M. (2020). Impacts of renewableenergy atlas. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (SCI/Q1)
23. Nazir, Muhammad S., Wang, Y., Bilal,M., Sohail, Hafiz M., Kadhem, A. A., and Nazir, H. M. R. (2020). Comparison ofsmall-scale wind energy conversion systems. Clean Technologies. (ESCI/Q3)
24. Sohail, Hafiz M. (2020). Foreign directinvestment and corruption paradigm impacts. International Journal of Economicsand Business Research. (Scopus/Q2)
25. Nazir, Muhammad S., Mahdi, A. J.,Bilal, M., Sohail, Hafiz M., Ali, N., and Iqbal, H. M. (2019). Environmentalimpact and pollution-related challenges of renewable wind energy paradigm.Science of the Total Environment. (SCI/Q1)
